• Sugar Ray Leonard -- In the early 1980's he was at the Claridge Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. I used to go to the casinos with my Pennsylvania learner's permit that mistakenly had my birth date listed as two years earlier. He was in some conference room. I took a picture of him that he posed for, got my picture taken with him, and got a few boxing tips.

• Marvin Kaplan -- 'Mr. Cholesterol' and 'Henry' the telephone repair man from Alice was up at the old Host Farms in Lancaster, PA. One night, when us kids went to the coffee shop for a late night snack, he was sitting in a booth drinking a coffee. I went up to him, politely introduced myself, asked him about getting into show business, and upon his invitation joined him for a piece of pie and a glass of milk.

• Tiny Tim -- Met him in the old 7-11 on Route 70 and Covered Bridge Road in Cherry Hill, NJ. I had a cast on my left foot due to a broken ankle. He graciously gave me an autograph with the message, "Get Well Quick, /s/Tiny Tim".

• Sally Star

• Harold Carmichael-- I used to deliver him the Courier Post in the mid-70's

• Ron Jaworski

• Tony Perez -- While working at Jack's Texaco & U-Haul in Maple Shade, NJ I waited on him one night. I filled his gas tank with petrol and sold him a "quart of air". I didn't know who he was until after he left and another customer, who said hello to him, mentioned it to me.

• Winnie to Poo -- He deserves a special mention that all of the characters from Disney World that I met won't get. When I was a young boy I wrote to the Sears store in the Moorestown Mall. I told them how much of a fan I was of Poo Bear. They arranged a special meeting for me. After school I went to the mall with my mom. Winnie the Poo appeared from behind some doors. As he bent down to shake my hand I saw a human being inside what turned out to be a Winnie the Poo costume and found out right then and there that Poo Bear was only alive in my imagination. So sad.

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